| Date |
Due Today |
Class Topic |
| Aug. 23 |
|
Course introduction
Sign Course Contract
|
| Aug. 28 |
History and Theory Chap. 1
Reading Response 1 |
Defining rhetoric |
| Aug. 30 |
|
Rhetorical Analysis introduction
Using .pdf readings |
| Sept. 4 |
History and Theory Chap. 2
Reading Response 2 |
Sophistic rhetoric |
| Sept. 6 |
Gorgias: "Encomium of Helen"
Anonymous: "Dissoi Logoi"
Isocrates: "Against the Sophists"
Reading Response 3 |
Sophistic rhetoric |
| Sept. 11 |
History and Theory Chap. 3
Reading Response 4 |
Platonic rhetoric |
| Sept. 13 |
Plato: "Gorgias"
Reading Response 5 |
Platonic rhetoric |
| Sept. 18 |
|
Exam #1 review |
| Sept. 20 |
|
Exam #1 in Leutze Hall 127 |
| Sept. 25 |
History and Theory Chap. 4
Reading Response 6 |
Aristotelian rhetoric |
| Sept. 27 |
Aristotle: Rhetoric chaps. 1-3
Reading Response 7 |
Aristotelian rhetoric |
| Oct. 2 |
Rhetorical Analysis topic
History and Theory Chap. 5
Reading Response 8 |
Roman rhetoric |
| Oct. 4 |
Cicero: from Orator
Longinus: from On the Sublime
Reading Response 9 |
Roman rhetoric |
| Oct. 9 |
No class |
|
| Oct. 11 |
Rhetorical Analysis draft |
Rhetorical Analysis draft workshop |
| Oct. 16 |
Rhetorical Analysis final version |
Thematic Development introduction
Exam #2 review |
| Oct. 18 |
|
Exam #2 in Kenan Hall 1111 |
| Oct. 23 |
|
Mid-semester interviews
9:30: Loryn
9:40: Terrell
9:50: Kayla
10:00: Louisa
10:10: Marcia
10:20: Will
10:30: Jessica
|
| Oct. 25 |
|
Mid-semester interviews
9:30: Hillora
9:40: Kourtney
9:50: Paul
10:00: Danielle
10:10: Kelly
10:20: Jennifer
10:30: Alex
|
| Oct. 30 |
History and Theory Chap. 6
Reading Response 10 |
Medieval rhetoric |
| Nov. 1 |
Augustine: from On Christian Doctrine
Anonymous: from The Principles of Letter Writing
Reading Response 11 |
Medieval rhetoric |
| Nov. 6 |
History and Theory Chap. 7
Reading Response 12 |
Renaissance rhetoric |
| Nov. 8 |
De Pizan: from The Treasure of the City of Ladies
Erasmus: from Copia: Foundations of the Abundant Style
Ramus: from Arguments in Rhetoric against Quintilian
De Scudéry: from Of Conversation
Reading Response 13 |
Renaissance rhetoric |
| Nov. 13 |
|
Exam 3 review |
| Nov. 15 |
|
Exam 3 in Kenan Hall 1111 |
| Nov. 20 |
Thematic Development draft |
Thematic Development draft workshop |
| Nov. 22 |
No class |
|
| Nov. 27 |
History and Theory Chap. 8
Reading Response 14 |
Enlightenment rhetoric |
| Nov. 29 |
Vico: from On the Study Methods of Our Time
Campbell: from The Philosophy of Rhetoric
Blair: from Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres
Whately: from Elements of Rhetoric
Reading Response 15 |
Enlightenment rhetoric
|
| Dec. 4 |
Thematic Development final version |
Exam 4 review
|
Dec. 11 (8:00am–11:00am)
|
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Exam 4 in Kenan Hall 1111 at 8:00am
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